Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ellen,

Canvas printing was what actually got me thinking along these lines. But as I'm looking for a better to alternative to rice papers, with canvas, the cloth weight is too heavy. I'm hoping a fine light 100% cotton will give better Dmax and Gamut whilst staying light weight.

There are the ready made fabrics from Jacquard, but they are in widths that are either too thin as in 17", which my 3000 will take, but I can actually feed nearly 19", though only print 16.5", which works out perfectly for a surfboard.

A small lottery win and I would get a 24" printer and the ready made fabrics.

But I've learned a lot about sizing and coatings plus I like the possibility of being able to just purchase the amount of fabric I need.

I'm going to test some sizing & coatings I have in mind in the next couple of days.

regards

Glenn

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "erutchick2002" <ellenrutchick@...> wrote:
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> Hi Glenn,
> 
> Have you considered using a canvas material?  Sihl makes a 100% cotton canvas that I've used on an Epson 7600, with excellent results.
> 
> I've ordered it from AllSquare in the past:  http://www.allsquareonline.com/index.html
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> I don't recall the specific item number of the top of my head, but I'm sure that they can help you if you contact them.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ellen Rutchick
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn" <glennrbarry@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > This may have been discussed already, but the search isn't functioning at the moment
> > 
> > I'd like to try a test printing on cotton fabric, yes I know that there are pre-prepared products available, but nothing locally for me anyway.
> > 
> > I am considering just sizing the cotton with gelatin to reduce bleedthrough.
> > 
> > It's going to be for the whole bottom of a surfboard, which is why it has to be 100% cotton instead of nylons/polyester blends and I don't think (actually hoping) the resin will be rejected by the gelatin.
> > 
> > Resin doesn't laminate properly to anything synthetic.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any other suggestions?
> > 
> > I have read about using a combination of water based PVA and white acrylic paint, but that much PVA glue will likely delaminate.
> > 
> > I'm going for cotton fabric as opposed to rice paper as this board has compound curves that are problematic for papers.
> > 
> > thanks
> > 
> > Glenn
> >
>